CONTENTS vii 



PAGES 



tance of good foliage — Market conditions — Connecticut apples 

 — Treasurer's report — Secretary's report — Prosperity of the 

 Society — Its finances — State bounty on fruit exhibitions — 

 Review of annual, field and institute meetings for 1898 — Of 

 first fruit exhibition — Clerical work of Society — Report of 

 Committee on Business and Legislation — Bill for appropria- 

 tion to publish Society's proceedings — Report of Committee 

 on Insects— Pear psylla — Grape scale — Kerosene and the 

 San Jose scale — Plum tree borer — Reports and transactions 

 of business — Officers for i899^Appointment of committee on 

 fruit exhibitions 67-91 



Addresses and Discussions. — How Can New England Apple 

 Growers Compete With Other Sections? (Mr. Hoyt) — Orchard- 

 ing on the Hill Farms of New England (Mr. Clark) — Essen- 

 tials to Success in General Fruit Culture (Mr. Morrill) — San 

 Jose Scale (Professor Ballon) — The Problem of Over-produc- 

 tion (Mr. Sternberg) — Lessons From Our Annual Fruit 

 Exhibit (Professor Gulley) — The Pruning and Care of a 

 Peach Orchard (Mr. Morrill) — The Influence of Rainfall 

 Upon Fungi (Professor Halsted) — Discussion of Professor 

 Halsted's paper — Conditions That Influence the Setting of 

 Fruit (Mr. Piatt) — Discussion of Mr. Piatt's paper — Results 

 of Repeal of the Yellows Law (Mr. Barnes) — Fertilizers in 

 Fruit Growing (Dr. Jenkins) — Discussion of Dr. Jenkins' 

 paper — What Can Small-fruit Growers Do to Improve Market 

 Conditions ? (Mr. Eddy) — Discussion of this question — Ques- 

 tion List 91-133 



MiDDLETOWN INSTITUTE. — Programme — Profitable orcharding in 

 Connecticut — Connecticut peaches already famous — Success- 

 ful peach culture — Peach scab — Bordeaux for peach rot — 

 Soils and fertilizers for peaches — Peach borers — Growing 

 small fruits for home and market — List of small fruits for 

 home garden — Discussion of varieties — Marketing fruits — 

 Question box — Important Points in Culture of Choice Apples 

 (Professor Gulley) — Outlook for Profitable Orcharding in 

 Connecticut (Mr. Merriman) 133-148 



Second Annual Fall Meeting and Exhibition of Fruits. — 

 List of premiums — Rules of the exhibition — Premiums 

 awarded — Refinements of Horticulture (Mr. Powell) — Dis- 

 cussion of premiums and awards 148-163 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Field Meetings of the Society (Pres. Hale) — The Various Crops 

 of an Apple Orchard (John Burroughs)— A Brief History 

 of Peach Culture in Connecticut (Mr. Hale) — The Old- 

 Fashioned Apple Orchard (Mr. Green) — List of members . 163-187 



